People · United Kingdom
Sam Porter
Skewb · top 15.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015PORT03
Sam Porter has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.59, set at Birmingham Open 2016, puts him in the top 15.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 353rd in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since December 2015, he has put 204 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 8.67 in December 2015 to 4.59, a 47% improvement. Sam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.59 | 6.91 | top 15.1% | 353 / 2,421 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 4.94 | top 15.2% | 903 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.37 | 9.58 | top 22.8% | 891 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 15.30 | 17.81 | top 25.4% | 1,686 / 6,689 | |
| Square-1 | 27.89 | 39.35 | top 45.4% | 405 / 778 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.62 | 40.80 | top 52.5% | 925 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.58 | — | top 71.0% | 1,582 / 2,071 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017.
- 17 Dec 2016Six personal bests in one day at Birmingham Open 2016.
- 4 Nov 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.30 at UK Championship 2016.
- 4 Nov 2016Four personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2016.
- 19 Dec 2015First competition: Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015. A 22.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2017 · 26 Aug 2017
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Peterborough Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Birmingham Open 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Robert Yau — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Molloy — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Evan Liu — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.